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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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Hundreds Are Said to Resign From NOAA | resignations came a day after a wave of firings at the agency, a world center of climate research. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 minutes ago

Is there a count of the number of people that have left (fired/resigned/laid off) any US government agency?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

About to trade in my weather apps for tea leaves and goat entrails

[–] adarza 6 points 6 hours ago

don't forget a weather rock.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No worries we’d love to have you in Europe. It’s just a short hop away

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Meanwhile, the EU is gutting the Green Deal. We're not (yet) as far gone as US Americans but that's little consolation.